References / blueprints

[malefatal]

I hope this links will be helpful:

http://www.suurland.com/ - blueprints.
http://www.the-blueprints.com/ - blueprints.
http://tanxheaven.com/ - a lot of reference photos (best site).
http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/ - photos of scale models.
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/gallery_modern.htm - reference photos of military motors ;)...
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ - very good database of tanks :)

I will add something in future.

[Airborne]

Blueprint/Reference Links
Aircraft:

http://blueprints.onnovanbraam.com/
http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html ---- It's Russian, США is USA
http://www.penio.narod.ru/ ---- WWII Fighters
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/manatee/272/
http://www.combataircrafts.com/ ---- Modern
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org4-4.htm --- Modern
http://ofp.gamezone.cz/_hosted/vit/blueprint.html --- More Links
http://www.suurland.com/ ---- click on Blueprints on left nav bar.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/index.html ---- Modern
http://www.combataircraft.com/ ---- Modern
http://www.warmachines.50g.com/index.htm --- Modern

Weapons:

http://blueprints.onnovanbraam.com/
http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/all.htm

Ships:

http://blueprints.onnovanbraam.com/
http://www.shipdrawings.8m.com/

Vehicles:

http://blueprints.onnovanbraam.com/
http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/index.htm
http://www.maus120.com/menu7.htm
http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/default.htm
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[pccdtk]

Ships:

http://www.shipmodeling.ru/draw/

Aircraft:

www.aviacherteg.narod.ru

[pete.cook]

I've stickied this to help everyone find it. We had something similar before the crash which was seperated into three categories. When this thread starts to get a bit bigger we'll do the same again.

If anyone finds a useful site, please add it to the list.

[Mirko]

Reference Links

Aircraft:

http://www.warbird-photos.com/ --- WII / Modern
http://www.luftarchiv.de/ --- Deutsche Luftwaffe im 2. Weltkrieg
http://www.ejectionsite.com/frame_sg.htm --- The Ejection Seat Gallery
http://ipmsstockholm.org/ --- Aircraft modelle
http://www.303rdbg.com/uniforms-gear.html --- USA uniforms WWII
http://www.americanaeroservices.com/videos.htm - WWII very nice VIDEO & Photos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JWXkSsxJmy0&mode=related&search= - VIDEO
http://www.best-of-flightgear.dk/ --- Flightgear

[roshent]

http://wp.scn.ru/en/news --- sideviews all WW and modern
http://blueprints.migee.com/blueprints.shtml --- all kinds
http://aircraftwalkaround.hobbyvista.com/ --- aircraft walkaround
http://www.luftwaffepics.com/index.html --- picture site
http://www.warbirdpix.com/ --- picture site
http://www.aerotransport.org/ --- transport planes data like google
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/aviation.html --- picture site with military aircraft
http://www.nasg.com/afdb/list-airfoil-e.phtml --- airfoil data
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/guide/drawings.htm --- index of blueprints links
http://solidmodelmemories.bravepages.com/Maircraft%20index.htm --- small archive of mil aircraft, doubtfull quality
http://www.bobsairdoc.com/ --- commercial site

[Alvaro]

U-Boat page

http://uboat.net/

[3DRichard]

I hope this will be helpful.
www.onwar.com - tanks blueprints and characteristics

[Spinner]

New index page for Japanese source aircraft plans.
http://www.skynet-1.com/zumen/framepage1.htm

[Karras]

Tanks
Touch where write " preview"
http://trumpeter.cool.ne.jp/Kitlist.html

Other

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/plamo/

[Mirko]

The singular data base of landed and fallen military aircraft during the Second World War in Switzerland.

http://www.warbird.ch

:salute:

[decoman]

This website seem to have a huge amount of walkaround photos for aircraft and vehicles:

http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm

[cobra6]

This website seem to have a huge amount of walkaround photos for aircraft and vehicles:

http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm

wow thanks, been looking for a couple of good walkaround of the MIG29 for a couple of days now, and that site has about 5 ^_^

Cobra 6

[Woody]

More ships, good color blueprints

http://www.mo-na-ko.net/lode-monografie.htm

[roshent]

Aircraft:
http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/3vues.html
http://wmilitary.neurok.ru/wwiiap.html
http://www.parkerinfo.com/ap.htm

All kinds:
http://wmilitary.neurok.ru/militair.html

[Spargonaut]

Mainly Soviet WWII tanks:
http://www.battlefield.ru/

Soviet Lend-Lease vehicles including lorries, tractors, tanks, guns and rail from USSR, UK, Canada and USA.
http://www.o5m6.de/

WWII Drawings
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/index.htm
http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/

Soviet, lend-lease and captured German vehicles
http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/galleries.htm

[decoman]

Aircraft clipart:

Example "KingAir B200 3-View line art "; (600x480), (1280x1024) or (3000x2600).

"It should not be assumed that these drawings are completely accurate from an engineering standpoint. They are provided primarily as clip art for use in documents and as visual aids to complement the other online galleries at NASA Dryden."

http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Graphics/

[eternum]

Here is a good aircraft model-showcase site, and they have large "walkaround" section

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/

[Lucas]

http://www.aviationcorner.net/ - aircraft photos, nice quality and not only military.
The site is spanish, but I hope that won't be a problem, 'Buscar Fotos' to Search.

[Hitori Kyo]

stumbled onto this one today
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/afss/AcftPhoto-List.htm - Aircraft

- Hitori Kyo

[Skyraider3D]

stumbled onto this one today
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/afss/AcftPhoto-List.htm - AircraftHmmm... randomness! :)
I think www.airliners.net is a more useful resource.

[Archetype]

dreadnought-project.org

ships ofc ;)

[krazycolin]

http://www.chandelle-jah.com/camocolors.html

the ultimate in color schema chips... all of the good ones!!!

[Peter Ewbank]

Messerschmitt, Fw 190 & Ta 152, Mustang, Spitfire, Corsair, etc. The good stuff is available here - http://stores.ebay.com/Flug-archiv-20

[roshent]

Maybe someone can make the first post a list of all links ?? (and remove the double entries..)

Photosites :

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/books/cockpit/index.htm WW2 cockpits

http://www.airplanephoto.net/default.htm
http://mujweb.cz/Zabava/aerodetail/index.htm

[Peter Ewbank]

The good stuff is available here - http://stores.ebay.com/Flug-archiv-20

Factory Blueprints: Me 262, Supermarine Spitfire (s), P-51 Mustang (s), Bf 109 (s), Fw 190 (s), Lancaster (s), He 280, Vought F4U-1 Corsair. All have dimensions.

Scale Plans: Lysander, B-17, B-24, B-26. Most have dimensions.

Color photograpy is also available.

All high resolution (300ppi+) and full size (1 metre +). No jaggies or artefacts.

[Mirko]

http://www.americanaeroservices.com/videos.htm - WWII very nice VIDEO & Photos
:salute:

[Eraserhead]

http://panzertracts1.tripod.com/pubs.htm - Has some good (though incomplete) blueprints of various German panzers

[Gadzooks]

http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/3vues.html
Just came across this. Nice Blueprint Site

[Zorin]

French navy blueprints:
http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/planbato/planbato/listebato/listebato.php

[Skyraider3D]

Military walkarounds: http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/index.htm

[3dpointcloud]

I operate a 3D laser scanner which can gather cross-sectional data. I am located in San Francisco, US. If you have an aircraft that requires scanning for 3D data, consider this option. The pricing will vary greatly for various reasons. However if I am on the road scanning at museums across the US, and you provide me a list of the aircraft you need scanned, then I might be able to get to them. I can provide you with raw data or I can extract the cross sections for you using RapidformXOR. Send me email at wloaero@aol.com for requests and how much detail you need on the scans.
Sites:
www.aeronautica3d.com
www.3dpointcloud.com

Wendell Olon
Aeronautica 3D

[bigz]

Various aricraft manuals for free:-

http://www.tailwheel.nl/index.html

Introduction to the P40 manual is entertaining.

[Madkoifish]

Proper link for #30 (http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/planbato/planbato/listebato/listebato.php)
Forum cropped it
http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr

[Nils]

Some dreadnoughts plans here:
the Online shop has got drawings/prints for the Lützow for sale @ €80,- http://www.vth.de/modellbau/werft/Wer06_05/bauplan/bauplan.htm

Also found OK plans for "Von der Tann" with Google on a polish site: http://www.warship.get.net.pl/Niemcy/Battleships/1910_Von_der_Tann_class/_Von_der_Tann_class.html

I'm sure more can be found around the web for these old beauties.

[Karras]

Walkarounds of modern armoured vehicles

http://www.rommelkiste.de/wasneu.html

See the Puma images , :eek: :eek:

[macmullin]

Online Reference Cataloguing Military and Civilian Aircraft, Armored Vehicles, Individual Weapon Systems, Naval Ships and Munitions.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/

[Peter Ewbank]

The above aircraft blueprint sets have been updated, refer link below:

http://stores.ebay.com/Flug-archiv-20_Blueprint-Multi-CD_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ13QQftidZ2QQsclZ1QQtZkm

[shipwreck]

I think these have not been posted yet here.

Some Submarine plans from the most primitive, to world war 2 german subs, and to some modern subs too (like akula, vanguard, oscar etc.)

Too bad only few american types here.

http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/plans/plans.html

[Rags]

Right, gentlemen.
Some nice Vought aircraft info:
http://www.vought.com/heritage/html/down.html

//Rags

[roshent]

For aircraft manuals, which often contain detail info, check this site out. There's a webshop too, and it has some manuals that are not too common anyway.

http://www.tailwheel.nl/

EDIT:

This one isn't in the list as well, a walkaround website...

http://ambiorix.spymac.com/introduction.html

[Lukem]

http://news.webshots.com/album/550277193oyITjc?start=12

Two albums of photos and drawings of the 'Maus' - features contemporary photos of both prototypes.

[jkbon]

Found this :

Vector Graphics for Scale Models (http://www.rc-network.de/magazin/artikel_04/art_04-0040/art_04-0040-02.html)

[Skyraider3D]

Two great sites for looking up airfoil data:
http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html - data
http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/coord_database.html - graphics

These are extremely useful, especially when doing multi-engined planes for instance, as it's a right nightmare trying to make the engine nacelles match the wing as seen in drawings/photos, if the airfoil doesn't have the right shape.

[Rags]

Some assorted sites that might be of use, at least for background:
Ejectorseats: http://www.ejectorseats.co.uk/
http://www.ejectionsite.com/frame_sg.htm

Ammo & guns: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.brokawarms.com/library/firearmmanuals.html
http://guns.connect.fi/gow/gunwriters.html
http://members.lycos.nl/frankmilitaria/photoalbum3.html

Aircraft stuff: http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/historicaircraft.htm
http://www.f-106deltadart.com/home.htm

http://arizonamodels.com/

This last one has some great blueprints of WW1 machineguns (Look under Guns&Ammo for LMG 08/15 for instance) and other stuff for WW1-buffs.
//Rags

[dejawolf]

www.armor.kiev.ua
its all in russian, but if you can dig through it, you'll find lots of nice blueprints!

[FelicianoCaballero]

Here's my contribution...



http://www.aviationshoppe.com/SoundsIII.html





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[ripptide]

Didn't see this one posted yet, ran across it hunting for MRAP references. Has a very wide selection of high resolution photos of ground, air and navy equipment. Unfortunately the menu is in Korean I believe, but easy enough to figure out after a bit of experimenting.

http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/shinecommerce/

[bagz]

http://www.wwiivehicles.com/default.asp
http://www.onwar.com/tanks/index.htm
http://www.military39-45.freeuk.com/wphotos.htm

[Peter Ewbank]

Here's the latest - our new web-site. Collectors of original documentation are welcome to submit. We do compensate and so you can turn your collection into cash without having to sell it. Members are welcome to make contact.

[Rags]

Here's one with some great stuff - mostly background - bendix chin turret really interesting...
http://www.aafcollection.info/items/list.php

[take]

Check out these clips!

JGSDF Combat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpkd9tq5TOg)
Captured Zero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doysYtwMgrY)
AEGIS Kongo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihsCqmxD7L0)

[Rags]

This french site has everything you need as to WW2 Wehrmacht crates and boxes : http://wehrmachts.kisten.free.fr/

[Rags]

Here's a site I happened to stumble over: http://mkmagazin.almanacwhf.ru/

Loads of interesting stuff... Site's in russian so it takes some experimenting if you like me can't read the language.:p
//Rags

[Zorin]

P-40 drawings (factory)

http://www.p40warhawk.com/Models/Technical/Technical.htm

[Skyraider3D]

P-40 drawings (factory)

http://www.p40warhawk.com/Models/Technical/Technical.htm
That's a good site overall. I brought the webmaster in contact with some Mustang pilots who trained in P-40 and they shared their stories about their experiences in the P-40. Some loved it, some hated it. Interesting reading! :)
http://www.p40warhawk.com/Whats_New/whatsnew.htm (top four links in News)

[Nils]

Just bumped into a great site with WW2 Luftwaffe instrumentation:
http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/ - Photoreferences mainly

[Peter Ewbank]

At the end of this link:

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/FLUG-ARCHIV-20_Blueprint-Multi-CD_W0QQLHQ5fBINZ1QQ_fsubZ13QQ_sidZ119633348QQ_trks idZp4634Q2ec0Q2em309

[roshent]

Just a site with pictures and a few good walkarounds, a mix of ww2 and modern stuff.

http://www.flevoaviationhobby.net/index.html

[Rags]

Here are a couple of sites with manuals of various kind. Good for general background etc.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/
http://www.lexpev.nl/index.html

Found these at the "Sixth Army Group" forum. A site for for people who do
1/6-models: http://www.sixtharmygroup.com/portal/viewforum.php?f=11&sid=99fad9f20e2b28da795c74f627543d38


//Rags

[pzzs7f]

Here is a site that has plans for Paper Airplane Models...don't laugh...these are very detailed realistic models. Not you typical paper airplanes you folded in grade school. Most have very detailed front/top/side views and section views. Good source of prints...

Sorry, this link is not allowed here. Cobra 6

Attached is a sample of a B-25 Mitchell

[Argyll]

Quite a collection of submarine drawings here http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/plans/plans.html

[Gryshnak]

I enjoy good scale drawings as much as anyone, and I've got a huge stack of them already. But I'm increasingly concerned at the number of blatant copyright infringements on some of these sites, where I recognise more than a few scans from Windsock Datafiles. They're a small outfit and the contribution they make is out of all proportion to their operating margin. What a blow it would be to us all if they suddenly went out of business! I've just purchased another Windsock volume because I would rather support them, than rip them off.

[Fw190D-9]

There are some excellent references on youtube although some of he Videos again look like blatant copyright infringements - History Channel, BBC etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcMjhihuuX8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQy_Pfxb6M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8KiSo-VXnA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeZ9_-Bp-k

[Peter Ewbank]

Many updates and new products Fw190, P-40, Tiger Moth, Lancaster:

http://stores.ebay.com/FLUG-ARCHIV-20

[Argyll]

I wish you guys would stop calling technical drawings blueprints. These have not been used for more than 40 and probably closer to 50 years. They were superseded by better technology, which in it's turn was also quickly outdated (three or four times). It's now more correct just to refer to all forms of technical drawings by the discipline they belong to - so aircraft drawings, ship drawings etc. There is nothing blue about these and if you ever had to use real blueprints then you'd quickly see just how bad they were and what poor archiving material they are.

[cobra6]

Argyll, just off the record, why suddenly this rant? It is absolutely not relevant that these drawings are not blue. This is what modelling people call blue-prints, and this is also the general accepted term for them. Despite their lack in quality.
Blue-Prints in modelling terms means anything from a shaded drawing/ line drawing to actual scanned blue-prints. This is our "blue-print" for modelling, just as a someone who works in clay might have pencil sketches which are his or her blue-prints.

As you said, the old version of the blue-print is long gone, and it has become a more loose term now.

There is no need to get worked up about this :)

Cobra 6

[Gryshnak]

I remember working from actual blueprints, and yes they were pretty awful! I look at today's digital linework and I'm amazed at how much better things are now. But the word 'blueprint' has become part of the culture, it's a generic term now and can be applied to any reference, guide or plan. Doesn't matter whether you call them scale drawings, 3-views, technical drawings, or whatever - people know what you're referring to, which is the whole point of language in the first place.

(That doesn't stop me correcting other people's spelling, grammar and especially apostrophe abuse!)

Gryshnak

[Peter Ewbank]

The word blueprint is today's generic term. Old terminology included "black-line", "blue-line", "red-line" and "blueprint". Railway works, shipping, heavy engineering and German aviation engineers tended to use the red-line. It was the same as blueprint except it was red. Red-line was phased out after the war and by the '70s, traditional blueprinting was a redundant technology.

Regarding scanning of old blueprints, quality is variable depending on the company you deal with. We try to scan everything as greyscale or full colour so that what is in the scan is exactly what is in original. In many cases originals don't exist anymore and what has survived is microfilm (or microfiche) or index cards. These are a essentially a photographic record of the blueprint. Again, we scan these as greyscale in most instances because we want the numbers to be read.

Model making from historical referrences is essentially drawing by the numbers because lens distortion introduced during the making of the microfilm and to a lesser extent during scanning has made scale "out-of-whack". Actually, in a lot of old bluerprints, from the war, the scale was never any good anyway. This is because much of the drawing was done by poorly trained people (housewives and indentured labour) using tracing templates. But, having the original "blueprints" in digital form to refer to is invaluable if you want accuracy. These days there are a whole new generation of aircraft drawings being developed that are much more accurate and this is largely to do with the stream of historical material now becoming more accessible than it once was.

[cobra6]

Surely German WW2 blueprints must have survived in some archive somewhere? They were not all destroyed. Maybe archives in the US and Russia have them since they stole most of the stuff anyway...

Cobra 6

[Argyll]

Argyll, just off the record, why suddenly this rant? It is absolutely not relevant that these drawings are not blue. This is what modelling people call blue-prints, and this is also the general accepted term for them. Despite their lack in quality.
Blue-Prints in modelling terms means anything from a shaded drawing/ line drawing to actual scanned blue-prints. This is our "blue-print" for modelling, just as a someone who works in clay might have pencil sketches which are his or her blue-prints.

As you said, the old version of the blue-print is long gone, and it has become a more loose term now.

There is no need to get worked up about this :)

Cobra 6
Not really a rant, just a statement of fact - blueprints are blue because of the process used to create them and for the past 70 years technical drawings are have been almost exclusively black and white. The blueprint process was invented around 1840 and was used for almost 100 years. It was replaced by the diazo process around 1942 and that was in use until quite recently as was the dyeline process, both of which produced B/W prints but could also produce sepia ones. Most of my old architectural dyelines have largely turned to dust or have gone from white to dark sepia even though carefully stored. Using the term blueprint only perpetuates something that is an historical artifact. They haven't been produced for 70 years calling a black and white print a 'blueprint' is a bit like calling all vacuum cleaners, 'Hoovers.'

As to the blueprint reference sites listed here, you'd be drawing a long bow calling nearly all of them 'archives' as most of the sites contain drawings that are definitely not technical, which is what you'd expect to see on real blueprints. From what I've seen a lot of the plans and elevations come from model aircraft kits but I guess that's to be expected as source material is very hard to come bye.

[Peter Ewbank]

Surely German WW2 blueprints must have survived in some archive somewhere? They were not all destroyed. Maybe archives in the US and Russia have them since they stole most of the stuff anyway...

Cobra 6

Hi Cobra6, The US has the 2 largest collections of actual paper blueprints from Germany at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). The NASM also has a lot of microfilm. We've managed to buy at auction some German blueprints and earlier in this thread (years ago) or perhaps on a similar thread, I posted a scan of the DB 600 engine installation blueprint (very nice) and one of the Bf 109 G-1 blueprints we collected.

[cobra6]

Why aren't they accessible in the first place to everyone to ask a digital copy. They were stolen, so those archives have just as much right to them as for instance me, because it was not theirs in the first place. If ANYone has more rights to it, it is actually Germany, since they are still the legit owners, no matter what the NASM and NARA try to convince you with....

Cobra 6

[Peter Ewbank]

Hi Cobra 6, neither museum has a digital copy of anything much. Their first priority is to preserve what they have on film and paper. You do have the right to access whatever they have. This is granted to you under US Federal Law and the Museum's Charter under Federal Law. Microfilm onto 35mm film is USD 35.00 (or thereabouts) per roll. You can also make an appointment and go there with camera and photograph their paper archives although lately they have been restricting this (as is their right).

Things from Germany are war booty and property from the deposed regime and companies incoprorated under the deposed regime are property of the conquering army or armies. Property sought by newly incorporated companies formed under the auspices of the new Federal Government are returned by the Governments of the conquering armies only if it suits them.

[Gadzooks]

Some good Prints of planes

http://www.umt.fme.vutbr.cz/~ruja/modely/podklady.htm

[cobra6]

In that reasoning indeed. But under copyright laws I don't know if that would hold up. The copyright stays with the original producer of the image till 70 years after their death. After that the reproduction rights are transferred to the person having the original version.

Or something to that extent.

Cobra6

[Argyll]

The interesting thing is that prints are not original material. Original drawings in the past were probably drawn on velum or tracing paper so you'd need to have these to restrict reproduction. With a print it would be very difficult to prove that it was the first one made or came from a limited run. Copyright always applies to the original work only and if the work was done for a company then they hold the copyright for a specified period of time (for a person that used to be 30 years after their death here) after which it goes into the public domain. I guess that if a company goes out of existance then the copyrights they hold are still valid, though who would have copyright is anybody's guess. Copyright can be passed/granted to another person by the original artist, but that doesn't apply to employees who generally have no rights in work for their employer.

An example of this are the drawings of the battleship Bismarck that were looted for the Russians. The copyright was legally still held by Blohm and Voss until around the year 2000 even though they no longer held any of the drawings.

Copyright is automatically granted when you create a work and is not something you register as there is no registration process for it in any country I know of and although there may be dozens of models of the same subject in this site, each is unique in some way and each artist holds exclusive copyright in their work.

[Fw190D-9]

These guys are giving away some of blueprints on the sign up link at the top of most of their ads. When you get to the download server look for the Corsair plan and the Bf109 blueprint.

http://stores.ebay.com/FLUG-ARCHIV-20_Aviation-Blueprints_W0QQ_fsubZ13QQ_scZ1QQ_sidZ119633348QQ_s opZ3QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

[section1]

Here's another great blueprint site that is growing and extremely cheap
http://www.cgexperience.com/hq-blueprints

[Fw190D-9]

Just a note to say that they have changed their opt-in to here:

http://www.manualsontheweb.com/

And they sent me a second bunch of links to their free download server. I never I never got all of the first bunch but 2 days ago I got both updates (complete).

[Rags]

Here's a link to some great background material -

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html

All original pages of Flight Magazine from 1909-2005.
//Rags

[Charles Darwin]

AirCraft:

Spendy at £10($15.79) for the cheap ones and over 50 for the expensive ones but when you consider that these are highly detailed factory drawings in high resolution..you can't complain.

High resolution
Original Factory Drawings
Most planes have interior diagrams as well as exterior


http://www.fighter-plane-blueprints-plans.co.uk/

Ships:
FREE!!
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/index.htm

lots of good info for references..but the crown jewel of this site for modelers:

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/index.htm

found perfect shipyard plans for the USS South Dakota I am planning..but they have tons of plans for ships of all kinds from the USN

High Resolution
Way more detail than a modeler would ever need
Did I mention FREE!?

fun modeling!

[Fw190D-9]

Spotted these. All new.

http://stores.ebay.com/FLUG-ARCHIV-20/_i.html?rt=nc&LH_BIN=1&_nkw=sopwith&_sid=119633348&_trksid=p4634.c0.m309